School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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- Chin-cough
A man and wife of the same surname before marriage are supposed to have a cure for the Chin-cough. Asse's and sheep's milk are supposed to have a cure for the chin-cough. If your god-father and god-mother were having a meal and when they had finished you took a piece of some thing they were eating, you were supposed to have a cure for the chin-cough.Thorn
If a thorn gets into the flesh and it cannot be removed some people are able to cure it, they get a certain herb and put it in on the injured part and the thorn is drawn out.Tooth-ache
A tooth-ache will be cured by rolling a frog up in a hand(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maureen Morley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mr Morley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyfeeny, Co. Roscommon